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App Store (iOS)

Connecting the App Store lets Kinn read the reviews for an iOS app — useful when a mobile game or app is part of your product. App Store reviews are a concentrated source of rating-driven feedback: what frustrates players enough to leave a review, and what wins them over.

This source pulls in reviews only.

What it pulls in​

  • Reviews — the star rating and the review text for the app you track

It doesn't pull anything beyond reviews.

Coverage and the API key​

How many reviews Kinn can see depends on whether you provide an API key:

  • Out of the box — Kinn pulls in up to the 500 most recent reviews, enough to start watching current sentiment right away.
  • With an App Store Connect API key — Kinn can collect 100% of your app's published reviews. You provide the key in Kinn, and it unlocks your complete review history.
tip

The 500 most recent reviews are plenty for tracking how sentiment is moving right now. Add an App Store Connect API key when you want to analyze your full review history — for example, comparing reception across past releases.

How to connect​

  1. From your dashboard, go to Sources → Add source → App Store.
  2. Add the app by its App Store listing (URL or app ID). Kinn immediately pulls in up to the 500 most recent reviews.
  3. (Optional, for full coverage) Provide your App Store Connect API key so Kinn can collect all of your app's published reviews.
  4. Wait for the initial sync to finish. Once synced, you can run your first query.
note

Kinn reads review content only. If you provide an App Store Connect API key, it's used solely to retrieve your published reviews — Kinn makes no changes to your App Store Connect account.

What you can now ask​

  • What are the most common complaints in our recent App Store reviews?
  • How has our rating trended since the last update?
  • What do one-star reviews mention most often?
  • Are reviews improving after our latest release?
  • Summarize what players love versus what frustrates them.

See Writing good queries for sharper questions, and Example queries for a fuller library.